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Stil

German, noun/stiːl/

Stil is spelled S-T-I-L (4 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written German, the 1,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stil is a German masculine noun meaning “style” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “besondere Gestaltungsweise (in Kunst, Leben, Sport und so weiter)”.

What does Stil mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestyle

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. besondere Gestaltungsweise (in Kunst, Leben, Sport und so weiter) 2. spezielle Auswahl sprachlicher Mittel bei der Gestaltung eines Textes

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Stil

  • Stils genitive
  • Stiles genitive
  • Stile plural
  • Stilen dative definite plural
  • Styl alternative obsolete
  • Stylus alternative obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Stil?

  • /stiːl/
  • /ʃtiːl/
  • [ʃtiːl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Stil

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Stil in German?

Stil appears 44 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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